the end of school ??B.the exam ??C.the celebration ??D.the new class
2.What does the underlined word delight?mean?
?A. Sickness???????B. Sadness????C Happiness ?D Fairness
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3. What's waiting for you all according to the poem?
A. Too many subjects???B. The same school.?????C. Similar faces?????D. A new life
4.This poem can probably be used_________
A. in a welcome party
B in a good-bye party
C in a birthday party
D on Christmas Eve
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5. The purpose(目的) of this poem is to___________
A. tell us to say thanks to all our teachers
B. Encourage(鼓勵) us to be positive(積極地)?and move on our senior high
C. tell us that we should do something for our junior high schools
D. remind(提醒) us of our happy junior high life
B. Choose the best answer. (5%)
House for Sale
Comfortable family home with large garden on north side of town. Three bedrooms, a kitchen, a
living-room, a dining-room and a bathroom. Offers over $35,000
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Assistant wanted for Busy Restaurant
Some evening and weekend work, All meals free. Tel: 3320178
I You have to work on Saturdays and Sundays, but you get other days off. It is not very well paid
But who cares about money?
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Join Our Football Team
Boys and girls wanted to play in local football team. Aged 9-13. Meet in Green Park on Friday at
3p.m
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Roomto Rent(出租)
Small room to rent in city center flat above restaurant. Newly painted with modern fumiture. Near?main railway station. Buses pass the front door. Tel: 3322108
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Mr Brown wants to live near his workplace. Mrs Brown wants a house with four bedrooms. The
Browns'children don't care what the house is like as long as the garden is big enough. Ann, their
daughter has always wanted to work in a restaurant. She thinks it is an exciting place. It is hard
work but she isn,t lazy.
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Tom is a middle school student. He is 12 years old. He stops school at half past three, so he has
plenty of time to finish his homework.
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Jack, Mr. Brown's brother, is looking for a room to rent. He doesn't care what color the walls are
or how old the fumiture is. He is getting ready for his drawing. So the house must be quiet.
1. Why don,'t the Browns buy the house in Advertisement One?
A. It is on the north side of town
B. There is no dinner room
C. There isn't enough bedroom
D. The garden is too big
2.Why does Ann want to get the job in the restaurant?
A. It is an easy job?????????C The place is good and the food is free
B.She thinks it will be interesting. ????D. She?can get long holidays.
3.Why ?can't Tom play for the new football team? ?
A. He is not old enough
?B. It's in a different village .
C.?School stops too late
?D. He has to do his homework
4.what's wrong with the room for Jack in Advertisement Four?
A. It's too small
B. The walls are the wrong color.
C. The man likes old furniture better.
?D. It's too noisy.
5. What does the sentence"All meals free''?mean?
A. Assistants can have the meals at any time.
B.customers(顧客)?can have the meals free .
C. Assistant needs to pay for their meals.
D. Assistants can have the meals in the restaurant without paying moncy.
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c. Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage (6%)
Coconut Island is a beautiful island with, of course, coconut palms(椰子樹),golden?beaches?and clear blue sea. I'm sorry, I made a______1___?there.?Coconut Island was a beautiful island. There are coconut palms, golden beaches and clear blue sea but not like before. So, what happened?, I have a friend who was here five years ago. Her photo album is full of wonderful pictures of empty beaches. Also she has pictures of small wooden bungalows (E) on the beach. No need to book she said, just ___2____?and you have the place to yourself-very basic, cheap, quiet and?peaceful.
Not anymore! The beach is ___3____?empty. -it's crowded all day! There is music from the cafes.children are shouting and screaming, and the hotels are very expensive. Most of the hotels are full of holidaymakers who booked their trip months ago. I'm lucky to have a small room at the back of one hotel, and it's still expensive.
But perhaps this?is___4_____?Not only are the roads better but there is also a new medical?clinic. The local kids now speak English Mister. Mister, you want T-shirt?"and there are many new businesses opening all the time.___5_____?I see an old woman trying to cross the road?from her house to the shops. It's no longer a small, quiet road but a large and very busy one. She looks nervous and waits for someone to walk with her. The children no longer ride bicycles but race around the island on motorbikes. It's not so ____6___either- my friend stayed in a bungalow on the beach that had no lock. Now the hotel room says it's a good idea to put things in the safe box.
Are things getting better or worse?
1.A. decision???????B. noise????C living ???D. mistake
2.A. show up???????B look up???C fly up ??D put up
3. A. even?????????B,.never????C..?ever????D. also
4.danger ????????B.?history ???C.progress??D experience
5.A.last??????????B Again ????C Slowly???D.Then
6.A. comfortable ??B. terrible ???C. safe????D.?boring
D. Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words. (6%)
The Sunday Paper is a very popular paper, and a____1____everyone reads it. It has many advertisements and many d____2_____parts. Parents like the front page and the world news page.Many men also read the s____3____page.
Most men don't read women’s pages, but most women u____4_____like to read them. The women's?pages have the news a___5____patties?food, health and clothes. Most Sunday papers have?interesting stories. Children like them very much. Old people read the death notices. They tell?about people who have d___6_____during the week.
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E.?Answer the questions.(5%)
Mary Kay is a well-known American businesswoman. Her company, Mary Kay Cosmetics Inc, is
a very successful company which sells cosmetics(化妝品) and employs(招) people all over the
world. She became successful (成功的) through hard work and she has a strong belief in herself.
Mary Kay was born?in America. Soon after she started school, her father became ill. Her mother
worked 14 hours a day in a restaurant to support the family. Mary Kay had to do housework, cook
and take care of her father. After high school, her family couldn't afford to send her to college. So
she got married and started a family. Then she started her sales career (事業(yè)). At first, she sold
books. Later, she visited people's homes to sell home care products. Mary Kay was successful
selling those products. Her managers praised her work but never raised her pay. It taught her that
men didn't believe(相信)?that a woman could succeed(成功)) in business. She decided to prove them?wrong.
In 1963, Mary Kay started her own company. It sold many skin care and beauty products. Today
the company has sales of more than 1,000 million dollars and employs more than 800,000 sales
representatives(銷售代表)in37 countries around the world and most of them are women.
Mary Kay shared with her employees her life motto (座右銘)---Belief first; Family second; Career
third. Every year, she held an"Awards Night"and awarded a pink Cadillac car, diamond jewelries
and 5-star vacations to successful employees. She praised them, not just money. The company
wants women to feel good about themselves.
Mary Kay died in 2001. She was a tough businesswoman with a great knowledge of marketing
and sales. Through her belief in women's abilities and her willingness to give them a chance, she
made the dream of a successful career come true for hundreds of thousands of women all over the?world.
1. What did Mary Kay have to do when she started school?
2. The manager never raised her pay because of her hard work, did he?
3.How did Mary Kay change men's idea about women?
4.What was the difference between Mary Kay and her manager when they praised their women-
workers?